_"Czar" or "Tsar."_--Whence the derivation of the title _Czar_ or _Tsar_? I know that some suppose it to be derived from Cæsar, while others trace it from the terminal _-sar_ or _-zar_ in the names of the kings of Babylon and Assyria: as Phalas-_sar_, Nebuchadnez-_zar_, &c. In Persian, _sar_ means the supreme power. I have heard much argument about its origin, and would be much obliged if any reader of "N. & Q." could state the correct derivation of the word. By which Emperor of Russia was the title first assumed? J. S. A. Old Broad Street. _Little Silver._--There are several places in Devonshire so called, villages or hamlets. It is said, they are alway situated in the immediate neighbourhood of a Roman, or some other ancient camp. Hence, some people suppose the name is given to these localities from the number of silver coins frequently found there. Will any of your correspondents throw light on this subject? As every one knows, there is also a Silverton in Devonshire--Silver-town _par excellence_. Is it in any way connected with the "Little Silvers?" A. C. M. Exeter. _On Æsop's (?) Fable of washing the Blackamoor._--Is it possible the well-known fable was a real occurrence? The following extract would seem to allude to an analogous fact: "Counting the labour as endlesse as the maids in the Strand, which endeavoured by washing the Black-a-more to make him white."--_Case of Sir Ignoramus of Cambridge_, 1648, p. 23. R. C. WARDE. Kidderminster. _Wedding Proverb._--Is the following distich known in any part of England?-- "To change the name, but not the letter, Is to marry for worse, and not for better." I met with it in an American book, but it was probably an importation. SPINSTER. _German Phrase._--What is the origin of a sarcastic German phrase often used? "Er erwartet dass der Himmel voll Bassgeigen längt." L. M. M. R. _German Heraldry._--Where can I refer to a book in which the armorial bearings of all the principal German families are engraved? SPERIEND. _Leman Family._--About the middle of the seventeenth century, say 1650 to 1670, two gentlemen left England for America, who are supposed to have been brothers or near relatives of Sir John Leman, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1616. Traditions, which have been preserved in manuscript, and which can be traced back over one {151} hundred years, tell of a correspondence which took place between the said Sir John and the widow of one of the brothers, in relation to her returning to England. The writer of this (a descendant of one of these gentlemen) is anxious to learn _the names of the brothers and near relatives of this Sir John_; and whether any evidence exists of their leaving England for America, &c., &c.; and would feel much indebted to any one who would supply the information through your paper. R. W. L. Philadelphia.